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Posted on December 29, 2024
2 min readLast updated: January 27, 2026
A Jeju Air flight crashed at Muan Airport, killing at least 28. Rescue efforts continue as authorities investigate the Boeing 737-800 accident.
SEOUL (Reuters) - At least 28 people were killed when an airliner went off the runway and slammed into a wall at South Korea's Muan International Airport on Sunday, Yonhap news agency reported.
The accident occurred as Jeju Air flight 7C2216, carrying 175 passengers and six crew on a flight from the Thai capital Bangkok, was landing at the airport in the south of the country, the report said.
Two people were found alive and rescue operations were still under way, a Muan fire official said. The official could not confirm the reports of 28 dead.
Authorities were working to rescue people in the tail section, an airport official told Reuters.
Video shared by local media showed the twin-engine aircraft skidding down the runway with no apparent landing gear before slamming into a wall in an explosion of flame and debris. Other photos showed smoke and fire engulfing parts of the plane.
Aviation tracking site FlightRadar24 said the aircraft appeared to be a Boeing 737-800. Boeing did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration did not immediately respond to an email seeking comment.
South Korean acting President Choi Sang-mok, who was named interim leader of the country on Friday after the previous acting president was impeached amid an ongoing political crisis, ordered all-out rescue efforts, his office said.
His chief of staff convened an emergency meeting.
A Jeju Air spokesperson said the airline was checking the reports.
(Reporting by Hyunsu Yim, Ju-min Park, Cynthia Kim and Hyunjoo Jin in Seoul, and David Brunnstrom and Gram Slattery in Washington; Writing by Josh Smith; Editing by Jonathan Oatis and William Mallard)
The article discusses a fatal aircraft crash at Muan International Airport in South Korea involving a Jeju Air flight.
At least 28 people were reported dead, with two survivors found.
The aircraft involved was a Boeing 737-800, according to FlightRadar24.
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